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Arrests On Campus

Illegal Weapons Possession

1

Drug Law Violation

20

Liquor Law Violation

22

Criminal Offenses On Campus

Personal Crime

4

Property Crime

6

Notable Alumni

Richard North Patterson '68 (History major), a former trial attorney, is the author of a series of critically acclaimed suspense novels, including a string of international bestsellers. He recently returned to OWU for background research for his 2009 novel, The Spire, set on a college campus. He is also a sought-after speaker on social, political, and legal issues such as gun control and family violence, and was the chair of Common Cause, the grassroots citizens lobby. (J.D., Case Western Reserve University).

Branch Rickey, Class of 1904, literally changed the face of America when he signed Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945, breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier. Rickey was named ESPN's Most Influential Sports Figure of the 20th Century.

Byron Pitts '82 (Journalism and Speech Communication major) is currently chief national correspondent for The CBS Evening News and a contributor to 60 Minutes. He recently visited campus to talk to students about his career and his book, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges.

Wendie Malick '72 (Fine Arts major)The former star of Just Shoot Me, is now co-starring with Betty White in Hot in Cleveland, TV Land's most-watched series ever. Honored by Women in Film as a Woman of Vision, she is an advocate for the Humane Society and Planned Parenthood, a member of the Environmental Media Association, and a Washington, D.C., lobbyist for federal funding of the arts in education, among other causes.

Reviews Dorm Life

The dorms themselves are ok. Typical college dormitories, with nothing to impress you. The university tries to keep students from living off-campus as part of the college experience, unless conditions…

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Student Responses to Review Topic: Food And Dining

There is a wide variety of dining options between the on-campus and off-campus food points. Each meal plan supplies students with points to spend on campus for the dining hall, an a la carte cafeteria in the student center, a sub sandwich shop, a deli, a convenient store, pizza delivery, and three other coffee shops/bakeries. Every student finds something they like with this plan. If not, then they also have off campus options because the meal plans extend to five restaurants in Downtown Delaware. I only give four stars out of five because the quality is not always great, but overall it's a pretty great system.

There are multiple dining places on campus. There are three major dining locations: Smith Dining Hall (located in the Smith dorms), Thomson Convenience Store (in Thomson dorms), and Hamilton-Williams (located in Hamilton Williams Campus Center) There are also food carts located in some buildings and a starbucks in the library.

All of the dining areas on campus are delectable and you can eat whatever you want, when you want; you could have chicken and waffles for breakfast or dinner! There are also a couple places off campus where you can use your food points, if you're not hungry for what's on campus or just want to go out on the town.

OWU's dining rooms offer a nice variety of cuisines, so it is easy to find good, healthy, and diverse options. For example, many of the salad bars are more extensive than what you might see in a restaurant. Also, the small town of Delaware, OH has pretty cool dining choices as well.

As a freshmen, I can not be a part of Greek Life, yet, but there are many events that invite us to many fraternities/sororities/small living units, to learn what they are all about. Don't worry, though! The weird myths about the college movie initiations are not true here and you will not be pressured to do anything like in those movies!

Greek life is pretty big on campus. The sororities and fraternities here are so nice and welcoming though, that even if you aren't part of Greek life, it is still possible to fit in and find a solid friend group.

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